Our People
Engineering excellence starts with exceptional people.
At NextStep Engineering, our strength lies in the experience, integrity and collaborative leadership of our team. Our senior leadership brings together decades of expertise across engineering, operational transformation, manufacturing, operations and business strategy.
Together, we work alongside our clients to solve complex challenges, deliver measurable outcomes and build long-term partnerships.
Experienced executives delivering technical excellence, process improvement, and business growth.
Chief Executive Officer |
Engineering Leader | Software Architect
Karsten Wenschuh is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Engineering Leader with nearly 30 years of professional software development experience across the aerospace, automotive, and media industries.
Renowned for his passion for solving complex technical challenges, he combines deep expertise with strategic leadership to deliver innovative, scalable, and high-performance software solutions.
As CEO, Karsten champions a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. His leadership focuses on empowering teams, fostering collaboration, and creating customer-centric applications that generate long-term business value.
Head of Business Development
A globally recognised thought leader, automotive specialist, and certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Niaz Rahman leads NextStep Engineering's business development and strategic growth initiatives.
He founded Motiv Elite in 2009 during the global financial crisis, building it into a trusted international consultancy serving leading automotive manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers worldwide.
With decades of international leadership experience, Niaz has advised senior executives on transformational programmes across aftersales operations, process optimisation, customer experience, operational excellence, and large-scale performance improvement. His practical, results-driven approach enables organisations to improve profitability, customer satisfaction, and long-term competitiveness.
Advisor & Strategic Leader
Walter Kreutzner is an accomplished technology advisor, strategic leader, and enterprise software architect with more than 35 years of international experience, including leadership roles and successfully founding and leading his own technology consulting company in Thailand.
He specialises in helping organisations align technology with business strategy to accelerate modernization, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.
Throughout his career, Walter has guided organisations through complex digital initiatives, enterprise architecture programmes, and large-scale technology transformations. He is passionate about mentoring teams, fostering innovation, and building trusted, enduring partnerships. His leadership style is defined by collaboration, integrity, and practical, results-oriented execution.
International leadership across software, manufacturing and enterprise technology.
Technology decisions are always aligned with commercial outcomes.
Strong technical capability backed by proven delivery methodologies.
Working as an extension of your team from discovery through delivery.
Experience across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and international markets.
Focused on building trusted partnerships rather than one-off projects.
"Technology alone doesn't transform businesses. People do. Our role is to combine technical expertise, practical experience and collaborative leadership to help our clients build smarter, stronger and future-ready organisations."